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unclimbable

unclimbable adjective: not able to be climbed.

Adjective

unclimbable (not comparable)

  1. Not able to be climbed
    • Those cliffs are unclimbable.
    • The base of each [floodlight] tower forms an outdoor-type sub-station compound with a 7ft unclimbable fence which houses the extra high-voltage ring main switchgear, the transformer and the medium voltage switchgear.1963 August, “The semi-automatic Tees Yard of the North Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, pages 123–124

Antonyms of unclimbable

Origin of unclimbable

From un- + climb + -able.

Words formed from unclimbable

Questions about unclimbable

What does unclimbable mean?
Unclimbable means not able to be climbed.
What part of speech is unclimbable?
Unclimbable is an adjective.

Words near unclimbable in the dictionary

  1. unclies
  2. unclimactic
  3. unclimaxed
  4. unclimb
  5. unclimbability
  6. unclimbable
  7. unclimbableness
  8. unclimbably
  9. unclimbed
  10. unclimbing
  11. unclimbs

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